On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Charlie Somerville < char...@charliesomerville.com> wrote:
> This has code readability problem written all over it. When maintaining it > also has problems, like with the bracket-less if's. > You would need to add brackets if you add an extra line here, as well as > you might get unexpected behaviour of you forget to > add brackets in that case. > > I've often heard people make this argument, but I've never found it to be > a real concern in practise. > > Is this really such a common problem? > I have seen this problem happen, people losing time trying to figure out what is wrong only to find its a missing bracket. As Paul said, this is bug-prone. -- Rafael Dohms PHP Evangelist and Community Leader http://www.rafaeldohms.com.br http://www.phpsp.org.br
